FLINT, MI -- The Flint City Jail is set to open Monday, but there's a catch.

Insurance to operate the jail has to come through and security cameras must be installed first, Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said Friday.

The lockup has cells that can hold individuals -- with a bench to sleep on, a toilet and sink. There are other cells that can accommodate multiple inmates.

City, county and state officials hope the extra cells result in suspected criminals kept off the streets. Now, a full county jail often means some suspected lawbreakers are merely handed court-appearance tickets and sent on their way without arrest.

Friday, some of the cameras in the jail were functional, while others had tape wrapped around them.

Specific details about when, exactly, Flint's lockup will open were not available, Pickell said. He referred further comment to city officials.

Genesee County Board of Commissioners Chairperson Jaime Curtis said he expects the jail to reopen no later than Wednesday.

Legally, the lockup is certified only to hold an inmate for 72 hours. After that, the inmate must appear before a judge to be transferred to the county jail or released from custody.

Four sergeants will run the day-to-day operations of the jail, Pickell said, with Major Phil Hart overseeing them. Hart is the jail administrator at the Genesee County Jail.

The city lockup's operation is being funded by $2.1 million from the state this year, which was from the $3.5 million Gov. Rick Snyder allocated to fight crime in the city of Flint.

The $2.1 million will pay for the lockup to be open for a year.

The state also provided $17,000 in one-time startup costs to get the 110-bed lockup open.

While the funding to operate for a year is already set aside, local officials do not know where money will come from to pay for the lockup's future operation.

"That's something that's undetermined," said Flint Police Chief Alvern Lock. "We're still trying to secure funding for after this year.

"If we can lower the cost, we will. But I think it's going to be probably about the same," cost to operate each year. Staff writer Ron Fonger contributed to this report.